Indian doctor denies wrongdoing despite 13 women dying

The doctor who conducted sterilisation procedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn’t do anything wrong — even though he said he used to perform up to 10 times more surgeries a day than allowed.

Dr RK Gupta, who had been hiding since Saturday’s operations, was arrested at a relative’s home near Bilaspur city late on Wednesday, said Dr SK Mandal, the chief medical officer of Chhattisgarh state.

Gupta denied responsibility for the deaths and blamed medication given to the women after the surgeries.